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NO DECISION ON SINNER DOPING CASE BEFORE NEW YEAR, SAYS WADA

Tennis star Jannik Sinner's doping case will not have a decision from the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) before the end of the year, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) told AFP.

England fight back on Day 1 of third NZ Test

HAMILTON: New Zealand failed to capitalise on a rock-steady start to reach 315-9 on day one of the third and final Test against England in Hamilton on Saturday.

Title decided not just by chess but better willpower

LONDON: New chess world champion D Gukesh is hardly perturbed by the criticism over the standard of his match against China's Ding Liren, saying big matches are not decided purely by how well a game is played but also by willpower and character, which he possesses in ample measure.

Australian openers start well on rain curtailed day

BRISBANE: Local hero Usman Khawaja and young Nathan McSweeney displayed sound defensive technique against Jasprit Bumrah but persistent rain played havoc with the opening day of the third Test, allowing only 13.2 overs of play in which Australia scored 28 for no loss against India, here Saturday.

Manchester derby brings sleepless nights for Pep, problems for Amorim

LONDON: Riddled with anxiety about Manchester City's shocking decline, Pep Guardiola will endure another sleepless night as he tries to pose more problems for Ruben Amorim in the Manchester United manager's first taste of the Premier League's most explosive rivalry.

OpenAI's battle with Musk exposes AI 'dictatorship' concerns

A 7-year-old rivalry between tech leaders Elon Musk and Sam Altman over who should run OpenAI and prevent an artificial intelligence \"dictatorship\" is now heading to a federal judge as Musk seeks to halt the ChatGPT maker's ongoing shift into a for-profit company.

Georgia elects a hardline critic of West as new prez

TBILISI: Georgian lawmakers elected Mikheil Kavelashvili, a hardline critic of the West, as the country's new president, on Saturday, setting him up to replace a pro-Western incumbent amid major protests against the government over a halt to the country's European Union accession talks last month.

Protesters in South Korea rejoice as lawmakers impeach President Yoon

K-pop fans turned out in droves, waving glow sticks representing their favourite pop groups and mostly pushing for Yoon's ouster

US court denies TikTok ban halt

WASHINGTON: A federal appeals court has left in place a mid-January deadline in a federal law requiring TikTok to be sold or face a ban in the United States, rejecting a request made by the company to halt enforcement until the Supreme Court reviews its challenge of the statute.

18 killed in Israeli strikes on Gaza

At least 18 Palestinians were killed in Israeli airstrikes in Gaza on Saturday, medics said, while the Israeli military said it targeted gunmen operating from shelters and aid storages.

Trump hosts Apple CEO amid big tech outreach

WEST PALAM BEACH: Donald Trump hosted Apple CEO Tim Cook for a Friday evening dinner at the president-elect's Mar-a-Lago resort, according to a person familiar with the matter who was not authorized to comment publicly.

Music, when soft voices die, vibrates in memory

It happens far more to very successful people. When their careers are on the ascendant, people know everything about them—fame, money, lifestyle, talent, and personal life. But when their rising star begins to sink, they have to suffer the humiliation of painful anonymity.

Why I refuse to address guests on my show as sir

SIR, AS UNDERSTOOD IN BRITISH ENGLISH, IS DEFERENTIAL. IT WOULD PLACE THE INTERVIEWEE ON A PEDESTAL, ABOVE THE INTERVIEWER. YET THE ASSUMPTION OF A POLITICAL INTERVIEW IS THAT THE INTERVIEWER AND INTERVIEWEE ARE EQUAL

Behind India's success in curbing tuberculosis

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's clarion call to eliminate tuberculosis (TB) from India laid the foundation for a new model of TB care and management.

Standing with the law, Securing social peace

The Supreme Court's intervention in the Places of Worship Act case is a timely reminder to the lower judiciary about the sanctity of the law

The curious case of Kylian Mbappé

The World Cup winner has had shockingly bad stats since he joined Real Madrid in July. What will it take to turn this around?

A confluence of heritage and infra as Prayagraj prepares for Kumbh

MAHAKUMBH NAGAR (PRAYAGRAJ): The sun is already setting behind the Ganga when Ram Asrey and Harish Chandra start packing up their hammers and shovels.

Bulldozer action not a part of our tradition

On completing one year of his government in Madhya Pradesh, chief minister Mohan Yadav spoke to Shruti Tomar on an array of issues, including his vision for the state, the reduction of bulldozer action in the past year, and the court's interim order on the Places of Worship Act.

After decades of bloodshed, two C'garh districts to shed LWE tag

NEW DELHI: When Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai met Union home minister Amit Shah last week, he had more than an invitation for the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics.

Nicobar report not public due to strategic info, says govt

NGT FORMED THE PANEL LAST YEAR TO REVISIT THE CLEARANCE GRANTED TO THE GREAT NICOBAR INFRA PROJECT

CONG DID NOT GIVE AMBEDKAR HIS DUE: RIJIJU IN LOK SABHA

Union minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday tore into the Congress for not giving BR Ambedkar his due, as he questioned the opposition's claims that minorities were being denied their rights.

BJP making silent push for AAP's stronghold — slums

NEW DELHI: For the past few months, Delhi's slums have been at the heart of a quiet, but steady outreach by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) — marked by visits and overnight stays — in the city's sprawling jhuggis, aiming to woo a voter base that has long been a stronghold of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).

Rahul: BJP ridiculing Savarkar amid talk of protecting Constitution

NEW DELHI: Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi on Saturday cited VD Savarkar's remarks that there was nothing Indian about the Constitution and took a jibe at the BJP, saying that by talking of protecting the Constitution, the ruling party is \"ridiculing\" Savarkar.

A year of hits and misses for CM Sharma

NEW DELHI: The first year of chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's government in Rajasthan has been marked by hits, notably the Rising Rajasthan Investment Summit, the crack-down on question paper leaks, and victory in the recent assembly bypolls.

MURDERED DALIT MAN'S KIN END STIR AFTER GOVT ACCEPTS DEMANDS

BARMER: The four-day protest by the family of the 30-year-old Dalit in Balotra, who was murdered over a parking dispute, came to an end on Saturday after the government declared a ₹7,500 monthly pension for the victim's wife and a job for next of kin, officials said.

Severe cold wave going on, says IMD

FATEHPUR RECORDED THE LOWEST MINIMUM TEMPERATURE AT -1.3 °C, IMD SAID

BJP marks One year Of government in state

JAIPUR: The Bhajan Lal Sharma-led government on Saturday completed its first year in office.

'FULFILLING 1 POLL PROMISE AFTER ANOTHER', SAYS CM

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government is on its way to fulfill every single promise the party made in its election manifesto, chief minister Bhajan Lal Sharma said in Udaipur on Saturday.

DRUNK DRIVER HELD AFTER DYCM ALERTS POLICE

A truck driver was arrested and his vehicle seized for driving in an inebriated condition in Dudu district after the deputy chief minister informed security personnel to stop the truck, police said on Saturday.

After yrs of violence, two Bastar districts free of LWE menace

When Chhattisgarh chief minister Vishnu Deo Sai met Union home minister Amit Shah last week, he had more than an invitation for the closing ceremony of Bastar Olympics.